Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Michael Savage Interview

Here is an interview with 9-11 truther Berg, who says he has proof that Obama is not a natural citizen. Again, it doesn't look like enough proof, but it is going to court... I think. Granted, no matter which way the pendulum swings on this... this is a story worthy enough to follow. This is from the Oct 24th "Corner," from National Review.

Pamela Gellers at Atlas Shrugs raises some apparent shenanigans with the birth certificate the Obama campaign previously produced. Meanwhile, Philip J. Berg, a former Deputy AG of Pennsylvania and a professed Hillary supporter, filed a lawsuit claiming Obama is not constitutionally eligible to be president; instead of simply clearing up any questions — which you would think would take about five minutes — Obama's lawyers moved to dismiss the suit and failed to file a timely answer, meaning that, under the applicable rules (according to Berg), Obama is legally deemed to have admitted Berg's allegations that he is constitutionally ineligible to be president.


Admittedly, I've ignored this issue up until now on the theory that if there was anything here worth looking at, surely the Hillary and McCain campaigns would have raised it. But this all seems very strange. It's not just a matter of whether Obama was born in Hawaii — Berg claims he wasn't, but most others seem to agree he was (though the publicly available proof seems shaky at this point). There is also the question whether he was also a citizen of one or more other countries (Kenya? Indonesia?) and whether that means, as a matter of law, that he could not be a "natural born" citizen as required by the Constitution.


Has anyone around here looked into this? Is it a serious issue, and why does Obama seem to be so squirmy about it?


Part I


Part II


Here is an ad that showed up in a Washington Times publication: